NTPS Library Research Databases

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Research Databases for Students

  • Research Databases
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    eLibrary eLibrary Offers more than 2,000 full-text sources, with improved functionality, and a fun and easy-to-use search interface. Includes magazines, newspapers, books, television/radio transcripts, maps, pictures, and audio/video clips.
    World Book Online World Book Web Seven different comprehensive resources for students at all levels.
    ProQuest ProQuest Access all your ProQuest databases, like Research Library, Historical Newspapers, and more.
    Issues & Controversies Issues & Controversies Helps students and researchers understand today’s crucial issues by exploring hundreds of hot topics in politics, government, business, society, education, and popular culture.
    SIRS Discoverer SIRS Discoverer General reference resource for young researchers that makes learning fun and intuitive. Helps students develop their research, writing, language and computer skills.
    Issues & Controversies in American History USA Issues & Controversies Delivers dynamic, concise, and balanced coverage that provides the background, outcome, and contemporary points of view for every major debate and conflict in American history.
    CultureGrams CultureGrams Links students to country reports that go beyond mere facts and figures to deliver a one-of-a-kind perspective on daily life and culture. In-depth reports covering 200+ countries, the United States, and Canada.
    History Study Center History Study Center Offers invaluable historical reference material that covers 14 centuries of history, from ancient to modern, old world to new world.
    ProQuest Learning Literature ProQuest Learning Literature A comprehensive resource including 3,000+ author biographies; 40 searchable full-text literature journals; full-text literary works; and other key criticism and reference sources.
    Great Empires of the Past Great Empires of the Past Narrates the stories of the most important empires in world history and their impact on the present day, exploring their rise and fall, spheres of influence, key events, daily life, and significant personalities.
    Modern World History Modern World History Modern World History offers a comprehensive look at world history from the mid-15th century to the present. 
    Global Exploration Online Global Exploration Global Exploration Online details the wonders, anxieties, and achievements of explorers since the beginning of time. With engaging text and videos, vivid photographs and illustrations, and detailed maps.
    Life in America Life in America Offers a glimpse into the social history of the nation, covering everything from the foods people ate and the ways they dressed to entertainment and popular pastimes.

     

Research Databases for Elementary Students